seven taliban suicide bombers, backed by gunman, attacked a police station in eastern afghanistan. at least 10 officers and a civilian have been killed, a journalist was wounded. seven suicide bombers were involved in the attack. it's the latest in the run up to elections. >> the attacks started as a dawn raid at 5:30am. a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of a police headquarters in the center of jalalabad. after that attackers ran into the police station, when the siege began. afghanistan's rapid response unit from the intelligence services to the army were on the scene. this went on for over four hours. the taliban claimed responsibility. the fact that it happened in the center of jillala bad in district one. which is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of security this was. the timing was significant. afghans go to the polls to vote for the president. many people are concerned that security could cause them to be delayed for some time. candidates have to try to campaign in public, pushing for votes in an atmosphere of risk. the taliban said openly they'll

the attack happened in eastern afghanistan. am al jazeera has more. >> seven armed suicide attackers forced their way into this police station at damage. a car bomb plowing open a path to open. 14 were injured, police afghan army, and intelligence rapid respond units fought with the attackers for hours to end the siege. they say it was a challenge. >> it has a lot of roads coming in. and we have tried in the past, five to six months to inflict more casualties and will continue to do this. it was a fierce battle. for four hours heavy gunfire could be heard in the area. at least ten explosions were heard throughout the morning in the eastern afghan city. these central streets were concerned relatively secure in recent months. it's an attack at the heart of the city, at a location right next to the governor's house, sending a message that deadly attacks are possible anywhere in the country. the country's deputy interior minister came from the capitol, keep to ease worries about the draw down of foreign forces. >> there was some pr

and seven taliban suicide bombers backed by gun many attacked a police station in eastern afghanistan. at least 10 officers and one civilian have been killed in jalalabad. more than 14 others and a police officer and a journalist have been injured. it's the latest violence in the run-up to elections next month. >> jane ferguson sent us this update. >> the attack started as a dawn raid at 5:30am, local time in afghanistan. a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of a police haurtion in the center of jalalabad city. after that attackers ran into the police station, and that's when the siege began. the rapid response unit from the intelligence services to the national army and police were on the scene. this went on for over four hours. the taliban claimed responsibility for the atab, and the fact that it -- attack, ande center of jalalabad in the police headquarters. that is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of security this was. the timing is extremely significant. in just over two weeks afghans go to the polls to vet for the new president. many are concerned that se

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earlier taliban militants killed 11 people during an assault on a police station in eastern afghanistan. >>> and this morning the russian finance minister says he expects no impacts on the economic sanctions imposed by the west on russia following its invasion of ukraine. meanwhile president obama is warning russia against any further military action. there are as many as 20,000 russian troops positioned along ukrainian border, and more troops appear to be on the way. yesterday secretary of defense chuck hagel asked his russian counterpart about the troop movement. the pentagon was assured there would be no invasion. >> it's an exercise only, no intention of crossing the border into ukraine, not going to take any aggressive action. that was minister shoigu's words, and secretary hagel's expectations are that he'll live up to those words. >> but ukrainian officials are not taking the russians at their word. charlie d'agata from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: the convoy rolled out carrying ukrainian soldiers toward the border where russian troops are gathering strength on the other side. t

. >> seven taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attacked a police station in eastern afghanistan. 10 police and one civilian have been killed in jalalabad. 14 others and a police officer were wounded. presidential elections are scheduled in afghanistan next month. >> janet yellen holds her first news conference. what she says sent stock tumbling. the state where a job surge is creating a housing shortage. plus, why cubans can't get a new car after restrictions were lifted. >> an australian satellite spotted items that may be if from flight mh370. that disappeared more than 10 days ago. officials in australia have been in contact with malaysian counterpart. nicole johnston reports from kuala lumpur. has there been a reaction from malaysian authorities? >> what is significant is today we had two press conference, one from the australians, and one from the malaysians. they have been on message, going into a great deal of detail, discussing how the search operation is being carried out in the southern corridor. we heard from the malaysians, including the acting transport minister. thi

taliban suicide bombers stormed a police station in eastern afghanistan killing at least 10 police officers. this assault comes in a wave of increased taliban violence intended to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections there. taliban's strength in afghanistan has been rising since 2005. they control large parts of the county. al jazeera's "faultline" gained access to a group of taliban fighters, and got a rare glimpse inside the insurgency. >> as u.s. forces prepare to pull out of afghanistan after 12 long years, al jazeera's "faultline"s travelled there. the taliban fighters are running towards the base, trying to raid the base. over several days we gained extraordinary access to a group of self-proclaimed taliban fighters. >> the mortars are landing in the areas that we are. it was an insight, in part at least, into what the war in afghanistan looks like - from the other side. . >> the fighter jet is in the air, looking for targets. >> kabul, afghanistan. afghan president hamid karzai's refusing to sign a treaty leaving a small n.a.t.o. force in the country. if nothing changes, all f

. >> seven taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attacked a police station in eastern afghanistan. at least 10 officers and a civilian have been killed in jalalabad. a journalist and two police officers have been wounded. jane ferguson sent us this update a short while ago. >> the attack started as a dawn raid. at 5:30am, a huge car bomb exploded at the gates of police station in the center of jalalabad city. after that attack, they ran into the police station and that's when the sooej began. afghanistan's rapid response unit to the national army and police were on the scene, but this went on for over four hours. now, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, and the fact that it happened in the center of jalalabad and distribute one, in a police headquarters, that is next to the governor's house shows how serious a breach of the security this was. the timing is significant. in just over two weeks, afghans go to the polls to vote for the new president. many are concerned that security could not just cause elections but delay them. candidates have to campaign in public and

a district governor has been killed in the explosion in eastern afghanistan six more people two bodyguards and four civilians have been injured when a bomb attached to the governor's vehicle went off no group said it's behind the attack getting modern weapons has become increasingly difficult for criminals in the u.k. but the legal loopholes have allowed them to boost their arsenals with empty guns or he says are silly reports of how weapons from the past find their way into the hands of the modern criminals. this piece dates back to the late nineteenth century and it's classified as a collection piece now there's no formal requirement for any registration for this but we're in no museum we are in a high security low profile forensics laboratory of the national ballistics intelligence service where some of these pieces are analyzed in order to help authorities understand how they end up in the hands of criminals and also to be able to cut off supply at the source between two thousand and three two thousand and thirteen gun crimes have fallen by more than half in england and wales but there

distinguished and decorated navy seal, was killed in his final mission on august 18, 2010, in eastern afghanistan in direct combat with the enemy. in his final act, he killed the taliban fighter who had shot him and other members of its team, thus, saving his teammates. for these acts of valor, he received a silver star medal. he was 33 years old. chief petty officer thomas held a rating of chief special warfare operator, was a navy seal for ten years, and served in the navy for 13. in that time, he received many awards, medals and decorations, including the silver star medal for the actions i have just described, three pwopbz -- bronze star medals with combat v distinguishing device, a purple heart, defense meritorious service medal, two joint service commendation medals with combat v distinguishing device, a navy and marine corps commendation medal, six navy and marine corps achievement medals, two combat action ribbons, four boot conduct medals, a national defense service medal. afghanistan campaign medals with two campaign stars, the iraq campaign medal, marksmanship medals with expert servic

. >> there was also friendly fire in eastern afghanistan that nato airstrike can you tell us about that incident it was ever in the shipping capability again the investigation is not complete so i cannot speak publicly but we will have the facts in a couple of days. in all honesty it is something that happened that should not have happened is we're working with the afghans on that to remedy to the extent we can. >> very closely and to take care of the families involved. >> general, i had a chance to ears chat with the number of my colleagues they all reacted the way i do to your service in testimony is compelling your service is extraordinary. we all feel that way in and thank you and your family. i go we had some opportunities maybe you can find the few hours with your family away from your challenges in the afghanistan but we are deeply grateful to you and all the men and women with whom you serve. with that we stand adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ken a revolution in survive without the symbolic focus even without a liberal focus with leadership? >>

a district governor has been killed in an explosion in eastern afghanistan six more people bodyguards and four civilians have been injured when a bomb attached to the governor's vehicle went off near a group said it's behind the attack. in germany and initiative to teach school children about sexual minorities has provoked an outcry from some parents they only want their kids taught traditional values and say it's all too much too soon arches be careful off explains. where lee has a curriculum caused this much of a stir in southern germany a fight is brewing over a proposal to teach about sexual minorities in schools. the initiative won't go into effect until next year the goal is to teach students to be tolerant of different lifestyles and relationships according to germany's largest family planning and sexual education nonprofit understanding and deceptive differences is what it's all about as. the world is colorful and that's how it should be presented to a child after all some classes have students with different sexual orientations could be excluded if only they had transsexual m

. >> there was a friendly fire incident in eastern afghanistan where it was reported a nato airstrike resulted in friendly fire deaths of five afghan army soldiers. can you tell us about that incident? >> that was clearly an incident of what we call the blue on green. it was our aviation capability and there were afghan sword jewelers -- afghan soldiers that were unfortunately killed. i cannot speak publicly about that here and we will have the facts here in a couple days. in all honesty, it it was something that happened that should not have happened. >> we have been working with the afghans on the to try to remedy the loss to the extent that we can? >> very closely working with the leadership to investigate and take care of the families of the fallen. >> general, i had a chance to chat with a number of my colleagues and running back and forth to vote, and they unanimously reacts the way that i do to your service and your testimony, but most importantly, is your testimony is compelling, your service is truly extraordinary over these decades, and we all feel that way, and we just want

. >> i think even afghanistan, the eastern part of afghanistan it's very cold.n't know that we know where, but this is about being ready all the time, get back to this core relationship we've had over the few decades will give us the ability to do anything in the future. that's why this is important. >> reporter: anna holligan, bbc news, inside the arctic circle. >>> spanish police released a video showing hundreds of migrants illegally crossing into north africa. spain says about a thousand migrates reached, a largest number in a decade. in february the spanish police were criticized for firing rubber bullets against those swimming across. >> reporter: under the cover of fog, they wait for their moment. as police camera swings around, hundreds can be seen. they face tribl barriers between more rocca and malia. spain has two enclaves in morocco, both located on the mediterranean coast. they have become a magnate for migrants who want to get into europe. spain estimates there are 40,000 waiting to cross from morocco into ceuta and mel leila. the european union cr

. >> there was a friendly fire incident in eastern afghanistan where it was reported a nato airstrike resulted in friendly fire deaths of five afghan army soldiers. can you tell us about that incident? >> that was clearly an incident of what we call the blue on green. it was our aviation capability and there were afghan soldiers that were unfortunately killed. i cannot speak publicly about that here and we will have the facts here in a couple days. in all honesty, it was something that happened that should not have happened. >> we have been working with the afghans to try to remedy the loss to the extent that we can? >> very closely, working with the leadership to investigate and take care of the families of the fallen. >> general, i had a chance to chat with a number of my colleagues and running back and forth to vote, and they unanimously react the way that i do to your service and your testimony, but most importantly is your testimony is compelling, your service is truly extraordinary over these decades, and we all feel that way, and we just want to thank you and thank your family.

>> i was a paratrooper in the 82nd airborne and we were in eastern afghanistan and 2012 we struck anrter: he was introduced to the warrior canine connection. what are some things you couldn't do before gabe. >> there were things more significantly different. i have a prosthetic lubricant. he'll run and grab my spray so i can put my leg on. >> what a good boy. from there it just kind of snowballed helping me with one thing to the next. he can help me to and from the ground. i can use him as kind of a brace and i can lean on him to get on to and off of the ground. >> reporter: gabe is always at the ready and it begins from the minute justin comes home. how does he help you get in and out? >> well, he can open the door. come here, gabe. here. get the door. good boy. good boy. >> good boy, gabe. every day. >> good boy. >> anything you need. >> everything i need. >> reporter: at 2 years old he's been working with him as a service dog for five months. he isn't the first life he has touched. >> dismount patrol in afghanistan/pakistan border i see a kid, 15 years old. suicide bomber. knew wh

eastern on c-span. voters in afghanistan go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. tomorrow, we will hear about the election from retired general john allen, a former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he will talk about the planned drawdown of u.s. troops. you can watch live coverage on c-span beginning at 10:00 eastern. also, a look at improving the management of federal government agencies at a hearing by the center -- senate governmental affairs committee. live coverage begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large envelope at the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications in pennsylvania. it did not mean anything to me but was intriguing. inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name the burglars game used -- gave each other. likethey wrote sounded something a commission appointed by a president or attorney general might say. they described the fact they had burglarized and fbi office. they had become concerned there were informers in antiwar

. >>> breaking overnight a nato air strike in eastern afghanistan goes fatally wrong.eral others wounded. it's under investigation this morning. >> more gripping testimony at the oscar pistorius trial. a doctor first on the scene describing reeva steenkamp's body. also key here, the doctor testifies pistorius told him he did shoot steenkamp thinking she was a burglar. he was said to be convulsing. his hands over his ears and it was very difficult for him as the doctor testified. >> president obama making a major health care push at the white house today. he's holding a town hall touting the affordable care act to the latin latinos. the white house announced a two-year extension for some health insurance policies avoiding midterm election insurance cancellation. >>> the president can expect to take big hits at the event that starts today. the conference or cpac they're having a big meeting today. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are all speaking today. they will try to bridge the gap between mainstream republicans and hard right. >>> we could be seeing a major breakthr

and later airstrike in the god province in eastern afghanistan has killed five local troops and wounded eight others the alliances say it will be looking into the circumstances behind the incident saying the soldiers were killed accidentally an operation tensions are running high between the afghan government and allied forces who have been blamed for numerous civilian deaths since the invasion more than twelve years ago. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has cut diplomatic ties with hama accused in the country's government of conspiring against him the decision comes amid large scale commemorations marking one mia since the death of a former leader of this last month my dear accused of america instigating mass anti-government protests in venezuela and expelled three u.s. diplomats. coming up russia and u.s. relations and how they could be affected by the crisis in ukraine. and has show world next year r.t. international day stay with us for. u.s. army specialist albert kelly the third is accused of running a scam in which he helped an afghan trucking company steal huge amounts of fu

afghanistan. russia has no intention of invading eastern ukraine. that was the message from foreign minister sergey lavrov today. he said that his country has no interest in crossing ukraine's border. despite having thousands of troops lined up along a. his comments are part of a new effort to ease tensions with the u.s. >> president barack obama has been on a state visit to saudi arabia. it was there he received a phone call from his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. a white house said that putin had called to discuss a u.s. proposal for a diplomatic resolution for the ukraine crisis. obama reportedly suggested that moscow report -- respond in writing. foreign ministers have spoken on the phone to discuss further contact. since russia's annexation of crimea, thousands of russian soldiers have been station on the borders to ukraine. peers have mounted that moscow may be preparing to invade eastern ukraine. the u.s. has made clear that that would be unacceptable. >> there will be further consequences that will hurt russia even more and further iso

eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations between the u.s. and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think it is also important that we have a balanced and realistic view in this relationship. that was -- just what we heard from ambassad

. >>> with our troops deployed around the world fighting still in afghanistan and tensions rising in eastern europe as russia seeks to dominate the region, it may seem unusual to some that i'm concerned, tonight, about bananas. and who, as the "wall street journal," couldn't resist writing, will be the top baa man that in the industr. it is controlled by four companies. and two of them have announced they're merging. chiquta will take over the irish company. now only three companies. the largest combination will control the world banana market. compared to other industries, i'm not as concerned. it's the trend i'm worried about. the pervasive nature of now in the united states. big business is getting bigger and bigger than ever. it is true in almost every industry. for example, the largest cable company, comcast, wants to buy time warner cable which gives them a third of the national cable market. talk about economic concentration. how about smartphones? apple dominates in the american market almost 42%. samsung has about 27%. together, the two companies account for just about 70% of the ma

calls to my comments, e-mails, and tweets on the mideast and the wars in iraq in afghanistan live from into three eastern in depth on c-span2 book tv. and this month on book tv join the discussion on the biography of step with carmichael. get it c-span.org into the chat room. >> up next, an interview from planet hollywood hotel and casino in las vegas, the site of freedom fest 2013. his book the naked socialist to read the book completes the trilogy that was started by his father >> host: what's the connection between those three books? >> it finishes up the trilogy. my father was trying to explain and show and describe the powers that a moving through the world causing a little bit of grief. intended to do one of socialism but died before he could finish. i went ahead and did that for an. a great name. you strip communism of all of its fakery in lies and fraud. you ought to call it naked communism. so did his. >> it was your father? >> former fbi and chief of police of salt lake, terrific, writer, a national best seller. the naked capitalist was a national best seller in each over a million copies. that

lou: with our troops deployed around the world fighting still in afghanistan and tensions rise in eastern europe as russia seeks to dominate the region, it may seem unusual to some i'm concerned tonight about bananas area did and who, as the "wall street journal" couldn't resist writing, will be the top banana in the been an industry? three fourths of the world's banana trade is controlled by four companies. two of them have announced they are merging. now only three companies. the largest combination will control the world banana market. compared to other industries i m not all that concerned when it comes to bananas. it is the trend i am worried about, the pervasive nature of now in the united states. big business is getting bigger and bigger than ever, it is true in almost every industry. for example largest cable company, comcast, wants to buy time warner cable giving comcast a full one-third of the market. talk about economic concentration. how about smartphones? apple dominates almost 42%. samsung has about 27%. together the two companies account for just about 70% of the market. po

they're going to take the eastern half of afghanistan. they need some way to get to crimea.nning. right? >> all right. meanwhile, it is about ten minutes after the top of the hour. big news regarding mick jagger and this morning heather nauert breaks that. >> sad news to bring you now. an update on this. could a bad breakup cause mick jagger's long time girlfriend to end her own life? a spokesman for the star blasting this europe that's out there, saying, quote, it's a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for mick. we just learned that the rolling stones canceled their concert that was scheduled for tomorrow in australia. there is the new claim that the 49-year-old who dressed celebrity, including nicole kidman and others was $6 million in debt. >>> you might think a felony conviction would prevent someone from oning for congress, right? wrong. >> i acknowledge there are good reasons why i should not run. i know this. but that better reasons why i should. >> okay. that is louisiana's former governor, democrat edwin edwards, and it's been just

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afghanistan. the attack was in the eastern city of jalalabad early on thursday morning.n 20 others were injured. suicide bombers stormed the station in the city center close to the office of the governor of the mingahar province. >>> nine people killed in a mini bus in turkey. >>> now, they have nicknamed this the chicken from hell. scientists at washington's natural history museum say they have identified a brand-new species of dinosaur. it looks like a cross between on ostrich and lizard. >> reporter: so, hans, what do we have here? >> this is a cast of the reconstructed skull of our new dinosaur. it has a strange bony crust like a bird. it has a beak rather than teeth. and you see this growth here on the lower jaw, we have ridges that fit into this so it can slide this jaw back and forth to cut up vegetation, small animals, whatever it was eatng. >> so without teeth, that's how it eats? >> it has a bird-like beak. you see this sharp crest of the bone. you can see all the tkpwraoufs and holes here. this is much luke a fingernail or bird beak. >> how big would this have

eastern. have a great morning. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> live on c-span today we will have remarks from senator casey. he will talk about the afghanistanresidential election next month. speaking at the center for american progress. we will have live coverage today at 230 you sent. -- 2:30 eastern. president obama will be hosting the men's and women's division i champions in all sports today, tuesday he will be traveling to new york for several democratic arty events. wednesday he meets with the ukrainian prime minister to show some are for the new government. the announcement of that meeting occurring this weekend as russia increased the military presence in crimea. thursday is the meeting on whether to break away from the ukraine and join russia. we are planning coverage. the house returns tomorrow, one of the items in their agenda in ukraine called on the u.s. to oppose sanctions in russia. the vote on final passage was sponsored by claire mccaskill, addressing sexual assault in the military. , senators from the task force have approved an all-night section -- session scheduled for the evening. watch live coverage of the senate today

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eastern. >> the marine veteran. the strategy for ending u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. talked about his book. >> them that -- the next 20 minutes, give you an overview of two things relative to afghanistan and the first is what is the nature of the war. the second is what is the strategy. the nature of the war i base on i have about ten years now on battlefields and my iraq in afghanistan. as barbara said generals are cayenne secretaries of defense and presidents may have rolls, but they better keep their egos and the control. tolstoy and is but war and peace really had it right. what actually happens as much more to do with the tenacity of those the fighting and it does with the pronouncements from on high. i'll try to show you why. i would like to just bring you through very quickly of, how the strategy is imbedded in it. old pro. and just about to go back to my tent trip, ten trips of the last four years the army platoons, the marine platoon the special forces and associated afghan units if iraq -- at the top of afghanistan do. unfortunate we have been pushed out of

afghanistan. i think we need to make sure that putin does not go into eastern ukraine militarily. >> we were talking about president obama, and all of your other ] assessors have consulted you in one way or another, and i know you said that president obama has not. >> well, i'm not criticizing president obama. i've been out of office for 35 years, and it's natural for a president to consult other presidents if he wants to who have been more recently in the white house. i think that george w. bush and bill clinton have been there just before him. i don't think its reasonable for president obama to go back 35 years and resurrect an old democrat who was there. >> what about the criticism that you're too independent. part of the problem is that you don't take guidance too well, you don't play very well with official washington. >> but i'm always very careful to protect the integrity and respect for the president. i never have been gone out into the world without tacid permission from the president and a few presidents have asked me not to go. president bush asked me to not go to a place because either i

afghanistan. and the democrats expanded the power. russia said today that it has no intention of invading eastern ukraine is west of the russian foreign minister cited the prophets was a number of warnings from western powers about his country's admitted to build up along the ukrainian border well after all besides media sec of state john kerry here in paris on sunday. this is good sites try and defuse the tensions. well in ukraine itself but there was the much anticipated announcement today ahead of the country's presidential elections in late may. i got smart and saw the details the rose that i gave in to the presidential ring. opposition media vitale klitschko signs the way he shot a pilot to pull a foreign minister. two recent polls suggest that in theory never heard of the confectionery company known as the top league team in the people's crap that has couldn't wait to get you that it should be a candidate with the braces support among his people here's a person with chris's counseling winning a few shots that would be like no this can't in my opinion just wanted to open ocean going to go on with you. you may accept the offer are

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afghanistan. i think we need to be very forceful in making sure that putin doesn't go into eastern ukraine militarily. >> talking about president obama, all your other successors have consulted you in one way or another. i know you said that president obama has not. >> other predecessors. i'm not credittizing president obama, i've been out of office for 35 years and it's natural for a president to cult other presidents if they want to who have more recently been in the white house. i think george bush has been there recently before him. i don't think he should go back 35 years and resurrect an old democratic that was there. >> what if part of the problem is you don't take guidance well, don't play well with official washington. >> i'm always careful to protect the integrity and respect for the president. i never have been to any sense active area nat world that i didn't get at least tacit approval from the president before i went. a few times the president's have asked me not to go and president obama has done this, president clinton and on occasion president george h.w. bush asked me not to go to a

eastern on c-span 2. >> next, state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, james dobbins. he delivered the keynote address on the future of afghanistan and u.s. forces in the region. at a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace for about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is steve hadley, chairman of the board of the u.s. institute of these. i want to thank you all for coming this morning and welcome you all to usip. for those of you who don't know, usip is a congressionally created organization. we have a bipartisan board of directors that is confirmed by the senate. we do nonpartisan work in the area of conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution. as we see every day in the public media, the world is full of sources of conflict, religious differences, ethnic differences. usip believe that these sources of conflict do not need to to send to armed conflict. there are processes that can prevent conflicts from becoming armed conflicts. our job is to identify, teach and train people in these methods and processes. and to apply them on the ground in conflict zo

in news from afghanistan, a nato airstrike has killed five afghan soldiers in eastern logar province. nato says the bombing was a mistake. on theted nations panel civil war in syria says the regime of bashar al-assad is waging a campaign of siege warfare and starvation against hundreds of thousands of civilians. the commission of inquiry says syrians are being -- "denied humanitarian aid, food and such basic necessities as medical care, and must choose between surrender and starvation." speaking to reporters, the panel chair says the un security council bears responsibility for the ongoing atrocities. >> the security council bears responsibility for not addressing accountability and allowing the warring parties to violate the rules with total impunity. one shows the use of siege warfare. the denial of human a terry made him a basic necessities such as medical care and clean water have force people to choose between surrender and starvation. >> more details in the unfolding dispute of the cia's alleged spying on a senate panel probing the agency's torture and rendition program. members